The slur-du-jour: "Chickenhawks" - and the hypocrisy of the anti-war left . . .

. . . are plain to see in this all-too-typical mean-spirtied smear/post on Eschaton. Atrios, like the rest of the anti-war left, denigrates all advocates of actual disarmament of Iraq via military action - which advocates are not present or former members of the military - as "chickenhawks."

So, Atrios: to advocate military action as part of foreign policy, a person must be a present or former member of the military? Otherwise they're a "chickenhawk"?

Wow. Great idea. Good thing we didn't apply that standard to - oh, say - Woodrow Wilson, FDR, or Bill Clinton. (You might recall that there was a wee bit of miltary action advocated and carried out by these Democrat Presidents - none of whom served in the military).

Are you saying that Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and Bill Clinton were all "chickenhawks"?

Oh, right - you guys are just Bush-haters. I was taking one of your arguments seriously for a minute . . .

(Although, you didn't really present an "argument." As usual, you just tossed out a mean-spirited slur, totally lacking any substance . . .)